Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-09

III VI AtAlANN - WILL 4 "hA'A W ~ 49,
lcck does not profess christianity, he
does better, he practices it, Quite Il
difference, and | did not mean by this
that il was not essential to profess
christianity, for | do think it very cs-
%scntial, for the good Book says 'For
with the heart man bclicvcth unto
Righteousness; and with the mouth
coafcssion is made unto salvation but
il n man is going to do only one |
would rather he would practice chris
tianitv than 10 profess it alone. though
nv brethren, fear, will hardly think
am exactly orthordoX on t%hissspoint.
Well, | have been consolidated ont
aud rcliSatcd to private life. The new
Collector said that his action was bas-
ed, in II great measure, on geographic
cal grounds; there were three deputies
on this side of the State and as | was
tho middle mar | got pumped out.
Well, il geography caused it, | can't
complain, as | never liked old gcogra-
ply anyway, and could not expect any
iavors from her. | told all of my
friends to ask that the record be the
test and we were willing to abide h!
that, bat other influences were allow
ed to operate and, like my gallant
chief, will have to submit gracefully
Bob says he is like the boy that stub
bed his toe at hurts mighty bad but
he is too big to cry"
That place suited me better than any
place | have had since the war. There
was a little danger in it. but had nj.
ways rather fight than plough. Char.
ley Thomas says that he thinks he and
| were better suited for soldiers than
ANYTHING else and | expect he wa,
about half right. ] often tell my wife
that the tour years | spent in the wal
were the happiest of my life and reck.
on the reason was that Away. liked
general engagements better than sin.
Gle combat. Gen. Lee voiced my sen
timeuts on . great occasion. After
gaining the great victory at Clianccl-
~lorsyillc, he rode over the field of bat
tie next morning, aud seeing the great
carnage and destruction that had been
made on both sides, although his bos-
ON was filled with pride and cXulta-
ton at the great victory. still his heart
was so tympalhctic that lie said, iii is
we'll that war is so terrible, else we
would grow too fond Of it,
Gen. Walthall acted as | think a SEN
ator should act about disappointment
of the deputies, tor.lalthough Shields
wrote and asked. him to recommend
any onclof the deputies that he was
particularly interested in. he refused
TO do so and said that the record ought
to be the tcst.-qritc n contrast to:thc
action of our Senior Senator. told
some of my friends they were the cause
OF my being dropped-that they wrote
me up in such fine style, and made me
ont such a good and competent man,
that / got 10 thinking that ! was too
big a man for II deputy anything. and
did not try as hard as | might have
done to be returned, but when | found
| had been lcit-had been turned
loose upon my children in the leisure
timc"--l concluded that, probably,
they were mistaken, that | was not as
big a man as they thought | was, and
| felt small enough To have accepted
acything-cvcn the Office that John
Binion, and some OF the boys tried to
give me once, namely. Coroner & RAN
ger. Tom Bush said he did not know
what kind OLA Coroner | would make,
but he could guarantee that | would
make the best Ranger the world eyer
saw. | expect Tom was right and
will get u chance to test it, as | had &
gentleman to come to me in Meridian
on my way home and open ncgo,ia-
tionS with Inc to travel for his house
on u 5000 salary SO YOU sec, "Sallie'
was right wien she said that if | did
not retain my place that the Lord
would open up some othc:.way TO ,nS,
Tor we were trying to serve Him and
she knew He would provide. My
faith is not as strong ms hers and ]
must confess TINT | can rely upon that
promise better after my interview
with Mr.. Quarlcs than did before.
70 all my friends in NoXubcc and
elsewhere who so willingly and heart
lily aided me in my effort to be retain
cd, and who have expressed 50 much
regret at my failure, | desire to cX.
tend my heartfelt thanks, and to say
that whatever fate has in store in tho
future Tor me, | shall never forget them
| am somewhat by my friends re-
commentator of me Is my little
daughter Ilnllic was by a letter hcl
mother once wrote to her little cous-
in in Columbus for her. We had /,
pool on the place that had n grcaI
many little fish in it, and my wife I'M
dcrsiood llallie to say that she la'
caught five fish and so wrote her lit,
tie cousin. When she read ii, Halle
said 'rcad that again mother" ant
her mother did so, and Halle thci
said, "all right" We sent the letter
of and that evening about sund0wr
l%Iallic:: came walking into her mother
with her fishing pole on her shouldcI
and said ii have done my part, | can
catch Il en-, ii will have to be u stori ;
Her mother said, what is that, d.
You not tell inc that you la | caugl.
live nsh this morning" Halle said
"No, mother, YOU misunderstood me-
well, then. why did you not correc
it, and let me rub it out" "Wel
mother, | started to do it. but as yol
had it down, | concluded to let it 20
and | would catch the fish before III
letter got there, but | can't, and i
will have to be a story" Now,
know ! am not as good a man MS m,
friends, in their Partially have mad
me out. but, like little Halle, | con
cludc to let il 20. and will promise I
try to live, SO that hereafter it wi
not lie u story.
: was sorcly panied last night t
hear that my old friend, Mr., Cha,
Barrett, had had a sight stroke of pa
ralysis, and I know ! but voice III
sentiments of II cutire communii
when | say | hope he may soon re
cover, End that God in his providcnc,
may spare him yet a while longer I
us. TO show us by his resignation. pg
ticncc and entire lite, that there
truth in the christian religion. ii
has always been one OF the most col
sccratcd christians that ! ever knew,
true gentlemen of the old school,
product of the old SOUTH" aud | yer